This workshop is available to all levels, as much of what will be covered can be a refresher for professionals who haven’t done studio work in awhile.
The Lighting Essentials Workshop home page has most of the information, but since I got a call today about it, I also wanted to add that we are going to cover on-location action lighting (such as for basketball). The objective is to cover as much information, demonstration and situational lighting as possible on the first day. On the second day we’ll begin practical, hands-on of many of the different kinds of lights and individual requirements.
If you want to bring your own lights, please feel free. But it’s best to tag them so that they don’t get picked up by someone who has a similar bag. Also, you MUST bring your own camera, lenses, batteries and cards. You can also bring a laptop and your favorite processing workflow software if you like.
Refreshments are provided, and our facility is a working studio, not a hotel ballroom or warehouse. Our class sizes are strictly limited to 10-15 students so that we can give you individual attention as needed.
A discount is available if you register before 1/31/2010, and additional participants from the same studio can register at an additional discount.
See you there!
This morning, after Diana and I went ice-skating in the car coming down River Road, we met a client at the studio to review her pictures.
I’ve worked with this client before. She’s very pleasant, and brought her daughter along to help select photos from a family session we did just before Christmas (literally, like two days before Christmas). When she got there, and hopped out of the truck (which I could have used earlier in the day when I was nearly spinning on the ice that had not been treated going down a 20 degree incline – Thanks Jefferson County!), she was smiling.
We quickly brushed off the steps of the massive one inch of accumulated snow (and for this they delayed schools two whole hours), and opened up the studio. This is where I just love the programmable thermostats we have, because the heat cuts on just enough before we get in to make sure it’s at the perfect temp when we arrive. So we go from 19 degrees outside to a comfy 70 degrees inside. She was happy about that, even commenting that it was ‘nice and warm’ inside.
They made themselves comfortable in our spacious reception area/waiting room while Diana and I busied ourselves getting things ready to go for the day. Once I was ready, I showed them into the projection room and we went through their photos. Everything went fine.
And then she, the client, says “can you fix my chin?” as she gets up to point out an area that is a little brighter on her chin than the rest of her face. I said ‘of course,’ as I marked it down on her order. She smiled again… now exclaiming “you’ve just made my day.”
It’s easy to make people happy… just give them what they want. Well, most of the time anyway. 🙂